Jack Baker was a gay rights activist from Minnesota who advocated for gay marriage rights. He and his partner Michael McConnell are cited as the first same sex couple to be legally married in the United States in August of 1971.
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Jack Baker (Main)
BE [n72.21]
Richard John Baker (altName)
BE [ISBN:9781598847086] Pat Lyn McConnell (altName)BE [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/the-same-sex-couple-who-got-a-marriage-license-in-1971.html?_r=0(http://goo.gl/dxifSV)] |
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| Related Pages | Jack Baker on LGLC
Jack Baker on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1942 |
| Identities |
Gay
B [n72.21] G [ISBN:0805738630] Christian - MethodistBG [Erik Eckholm, “The Same-Sex Couple Who Got a Marriage License in 1971,” New York Times, 16 May 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/the-same-sex-couple-who-got-a-marriage-license-in-1971.html] AmericanBG [n72.21] |
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Lawyer
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/the-same-sex-couple-who-got-a-marriage-license-in-1971.html?_r=0(http://goo.gl/dxifSV) |
| Associated Organizations |
Organization: Fight Repression of Erotic Expression (Founder)
1969 ISBN:9781598847086 Organization: Fight Repression of Erotic Expression (President)1969 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/the-same-sex-couple-who-got-a-marriage-license-in-1971.html?_r=0(http://goo.gl/dxifSV) 1970 ISBN:0805738630 |